Alstom said today in a statement that Atomenergomash is to own 51 percent of the new group, with Alstom holding the remaining 49 percent. The venture will be located in Podolsk, close to Moscow.
(AFP)
Nuclear Power's Resurgence
Nuclear-fuel pellets being produced in Kazakhstan (TASS)
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